“Growing up, I’d watch Disney films and there would always be a beautiful woman in a beautiful gown,” she said. Her dress was designed by top stylist Joe Woolfe, who also dresses Benedict Cumberbatch, Graf shared with Pink News.

“You’d always look at feminine things and wish it could be you but I wasn’t able to express it,” Winterbourne added. “There are not many more things that are feminine than a bride in a beautiful wedding dress. I never thought when I was young it could happen to me.”

Winterbourne said it was, “A shame that our beautiful day…has been marred by fairly offensives headlines.”

Graf told Gay Star News the couple “strongly felt that getting our story out to a mainstream audience was important.”

“Whilst The Sun has a less than positive history when it comes to reporting on LGBT issues, it did feel that there had been a real turn around in the last year or so, with some very sympathetic and supportive reporting on trans issues,” he added.

“We were assured that the story would be positive, which we feel it was, and were obviously very disappointed when it was let down by such an offensive and garish headline and front page,” he continued.

Still, he found a way to look for the silver lining.

“Naturally the community is upset, as are myself and Hannah, but we have to remember that their readers will know little to nothing about trans people, so once they get past the front page perhaps they will learn a little more about us and see that we are just like any other couple on our wedding day,” he observed.